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St. Luke’s East Hospital: Eliminating Unnecessary Central Lines Reduces CLABSI
Determining the necessity of a central line on a daily basis that proved most effective for Saint Luke's East Hospital in cutting its CLABSI rate.
Providence: Reducing CAUTI and CLABSI Using an Intensive, On-site Assessment Model
Providence significantly reduced both CAUTI and CLABSI rates, which became elevated during the COVID-19 pandemic, by utilizing an intensive, on-site epidemiologic assessment model.
Improvement in Safety Culture Linked to Better Patient and Staff Outcomes
Report shows hospitals outperform pre-pandemic levels, boosting patient safety, care experience and workforce resilience.
Trailblazers: Small Things Matter in Infection Prevention
A new AHA Trailblazers report, “Small Things Matter in Infection Prevention,” explores how hospitals are expanding surveillance programs to include peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) and other vascular access devices — an area that represents both high volume and untapped opportunity for infection prevention.
Small Things Matter in Infection Prevention
How hospitals expand infection prevention and surveillance to reduce bloodstream infections and improve patient safety. - TrailBlazers
Advocate Condell Hospital: Improving Process to Improve Infection Prevention and Control
To reduce infection rates more effectively, successful hospitals and health systems are focusing on the fundamentals. For Advocate Condell Hospital, the focus is on process improvements.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: Focusing on Details and Emphasizing Transparency Helps Reduce HAIs
Observing an uptick in health care-associated infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital epidemiology and infection control (HEIC) team at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center took action to reverse the trend.
Infection Prevention and Control Success Stories
Hospitals across the field look for practical infection prevention solutions. Advocate Condell Hospital focused on process and reduced HAI rates.
MUSC Health: Standardizing Processes —Small Steps Are Key to Preventing SSIs
One Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is one too many for the team at MUSC Health in Charleston, South Carolina. MUSC’s mission is “Do no harm and change what’s possible”; MUSC knows that decreasing SSIs is “an absolute change that IS possible.”
Cedar County Memorial Hospital: Communication Is Key to Reducing CAUTI and CLABSI
Multiple interventions are driving quality improvements to reduce healthcare-associated infections at Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Mo. The common threads in all interventions are effective daily communication and follow-up.